Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1885 — Up in the Clouds. [ARTICLE]

Up in the Clouds.

The Washington monument will not long enjoy its pre-eminence as the highest structure in the world. An . iron tower of the astonishing height of 1,000 feet is to be erected in the grounds of the French exhibition in 1889. An elevator, the safety of which is guaranteed, will communicate with the summit, and visitors to the exhibition w 11 be taken to the top for a small fee. Those who have the courage to make the ascent will enjoy an almost •interrupted view for nearly a hundred miles all round. The towqr will also be utilized tor astronomical and meteorological observations, for experiments in obtic signaling, for the investigation of certain problems in experimental physics, and for various other scientific purposes. '*■ A contiskhtal journal says that six-ty-seven pers ns die every minute, and seventy are born in the same time. Births exceed the deaths by three per minute.